As a treat for Christmas, I finally got round to roasting my Hasbean Jamaican Blue Mountain sample.
I was quite nervous about roasting it and messing it up, but I started nice and slow with a low heat initially. The roast was about 14 minutes and I let it run a little after 1st crack, but before 2nd got near, I reckon around City or medium, I read 430F on the temp probe.
We drank some in the caffetiere on Christmas day, it was only rested 2 days, as I had been ill, and only felt well enough to roast on the Thursday.
Boy is this stuff smooth! I was surprised how strong the body was given the lightish roast and JBM's reputation as a lightish flavour. I tried some more after about 5 days rest and the flavour had got better, quite a nutty flavour, a little floral, a little spice, and a hint of almost pineyness. There were no very distinct varietal characteristics like some coffees, but it has a lovely balanced flavour, very nice!